Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weluk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from a Proto-Germanic *welukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welH-.

Noun

*weluk m

1. whelk

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weluk
Genitive	*welukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weluk	*welukō, *welukōs
Accusative	*weluk	*welukā
Genitive	*welukas	*welukō
Dative	*welukē	*welukum
Instrumental	*weluku	*welukum

Descendants

• Old English: weoloc, weluc, weolc, weoluc, wiloc, wioloc, wyloc
  • Middle English: welk, welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke
    • English: whelk, welk, whilk, wilk
    • Scots: wulk, wilk, welk
    • → Old French: welke
• Old Dutch: *wiluc, *weluc
  • Middle Dutch: willoc, wilc, welc
    • Dutch: wulk
      • → West Frisian: wulk
    • West Flemish: willok, wullok

Further reading

• “whelk, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “whelk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.